Paint bucket holder



M SPINELLO PAINT BUCKET HOLDER Filed Sept e. 1955 Oct. 7, 1958 Unitedrates Patent PAINT BUCKET HOLDER Matt Spinello, Rockford, Ill.

Application September 6, 1955, Serial No. 532,469

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-211) This invention relates to a bucket holderdesigned for quick and easy application to either side of a ladder andas quick and easy adjustment up or down on the ladder from one rung toanother.

I am aware that many such holders have been proposed heretofore but mostof them have been too complicated and expensive to manufacture at as lowcost as an article of this kind should be obtainable so as to sellprofitably. It is therefore the principal object of my invention toprovide a bucket holder which, while affording all of the advantages ofprior designs, is of only two piece construction and can be produced atmuch lower cost to sell at a price most people would be willing to payfor this kind of item.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a ladder showing a bucketholder made in accordance with my invention applied thereto on theright-hand side, and also indicating in dotted lines how it is alsoapplicable on the other side, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are a side view and front view of the bucket holder as itappears removed from the ladder, portions of the ladder being indicatedin dotted lines.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts in thesethree views.

Referring to the drawing, the bucket holder of my invention is indicatedgenerally by the reference numeral 5 and consists of only two parts,namely, a channel shaped sheet metal frame member 6, and a wire hanger 7assembled thereon, the frame member 6 being adapted to fit on eitherside rail 8 of a ladder, and the hanger 7 being adapted to be hung bymeans of its hook-shaped upper end 9 on any one of the rungs 10 of theladder and to support a paint bucket 11 or the like on its hookshapedlower end 12. The sheet metal frame member 6 has on one side 13 thereofa longitudinal flange 14 bent inwardly to engage the inner side of theside rail to prevent outward displacement of the frame member. Theflange 14 is short enough to clear the rungs 10, as plainly shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The other side 15 of the frame member has no flange onit. The frame member fits on the side rails 8 loosely enough so that itcan be easily applied to or removed from a side rail and is slidablefreely lengthwise thereof when applied. The wire hanger 7 is pivotallyconnected by its straight elongated intermediate portion 16 with theframe 6 longitudinally of the middle of the wide web portion 17 in anelongated half-round bearing 18 embossed from the web. The hook 12 isformed by bending outwardly the protruding lower end portion of thestraight wire after the hanger 7 is assembled on the frame by enteringthe straight portion 16 in bearing 18. Hook 12 then serves the doublepurpose of supporting the frame 6 against slipping downwardly on theside rail 8 and also providing support for the bucket 11 when its bail19 is applied to the hook 12 as seen in Fig. l. Endwise movement ofhanger 7 relative to frame 6 is limited in one direction l 'atented Oct.7, 1958 by hook 12 and in the other direction by a right angle bentportion 20 which constitutes one arm of a U-shaped portion 21 disposedin a substantially horizontal plane substantially normal to the straightportion 16 which reaches around the front or back of the side rail 8,depending on which side of the ladder receives the-bucket holder, fromthe bearing 18 on the outer side to the book 9 on the inner side, thebook 8 being integral with the other arm of the U-shaped portion 21 in avertical plane substantially at right angles to the vertical plane ofthe book 12. The U 21 is of ample length and width in relation to thedimensions of the side rails 8 so that it is easy to swing the hook 9into and out of place over a rung 10, the hanger 7 pivoting, of course,in the bearing 18 in these movements.

In operation, the bucket holder is applied to the ladder on either siderail 8 by first applying the frame 6 to the side rail and then swingingthe book 9 into position over the selected rung 10 and allowing thedevice to drop down so that the hook 9 is engaged on the rung. The hook12 is then ready to receive the bail 19 of a paint bucket 11 or othercontainer to be hung on the bucket holder 5. When the painter wants tomove the holder up or down he removes the bucket 11 and disengages hook9 and slides frame 6 on side rail 8 to the new position and applies hook9 again on a rung there, after which the bucket 11 can be replaced onhook 12.

It is believed the foregoing description conveys a good understanding ofthe objects and advantages of my invention. The appended claim has beendrawn to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim:

A device of the character described comprising an upright elongatedone-piece sheet metal channel frame member for application to the outerside of either side rail of a ladder, said channel frame member having aweb portion and parallel side walls and an integral elongated half-roundbearing portion projecting from the middle of the web portionlongitudinally thereof which is open at both ends, one of said sidewalls having an inwardly bent edge portion parallel to the web portionwhereby to define a channel wherein to receive one longitudinal edgeportion of the ladder side rail, and a hanger made of one elongatedpiece of Wire having a straight elongated pivot portion intermediate itsends received with freedom for oscillation in the aforesaid bearing andprotruding from the opposite ends thereof, one protruding end portionbeing bent to define an upwardly facing hook onto which to hang acontainer, the other protruding end portion being bent to define adownwardly facing hook in a plane in inwardly spaced parallel relationto the web portion of said channel frame member, the last mentionedprotruding end portion between the pivot portion and the downwardlyfacing hook being bent to define a U in a substantially horizontal planewherein to accommodate the other longitudinal edge portion of the ladderside rail, one arm of the U being connected to the upper end of thepivot portion, and the other arm of the U being connected to thedownwardly facing hook.

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